Research project title

Optimization of chitosan manufacturing processes

Education level

Master (research-based)

Director/co-director

Director: Marc Lavertu

End of display

June 30, 2026

Areas of expertise

Biomedical engineering

Materials science and technology

Unit(s) and department(s)

Department of Chemical Engineering

Conditions

Send your application to anik.chevrier@polymtl.ca

 

Detailed description

Our team has been manufacturing chitosan for years but the depolymerization and recovery/purification processes could be improved to decrease production time. The sub-objectives of the project are to optimize:

1) The depolymerization of chitosan with hydrogen peroxide and concentrated hydrochloric acid and

2) The recovery of chitosan by using either low pressure ion exchange chromatography, reverse osmosis or tangential flow filtration.

Financing possibility

Project funded by an Alliance/CRSNG/Prima grant